Since 2015, the international competition seeks and rewards remarkable achievements in tunnelling and the underground industry. Organized by the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, the event both showcases the most ambitious underground projects all over the world as well as the latest innovations, techniques, and methods in tunnelling.
Through 8 categories, this competition aims to identify the most important ongoing underground works and technologies that help cities change and enable habits and ways of life to evolve in order to build smart and sustainable urban areas.
The finalists are:-
MAJOR PROJECT OF THE YEAR (WITH A BUDGET OVER 500 M€)
- CVB Tideway East -UK
- Purple Line Extension, Section 1 - USA
- Tamoios Highway - The construction of the largest road tunnel in Brazil -Brazil
PROJECT OF THE YEAR (WITH A BUDGET BETWEEN 50 AND 500 M€)
- Sub sea rock tunnels Faroe Islands - Faroe Islands
- Tiantaishan Tunnel Project of Baoji- Pingkan Highway -China
- World’s first spiral excavation using H&V Shield Tunneling Method -Japan
- Xiamen Metro Island-Xiang’an Cross-sea Tunnel - China
PROJECT OF THE YEAR INCL. RENOVATION (WITH A BUDGET UP TO 50 M€)
- Circle Line 6 Contract 885 - Construction of Prince Edward Road Station and Tunnels -Singapore
- Guanyinyan Tunnel: an urban tunnel project of the unequal span four-arch tunnel with two-way and ten-lane - China
- Huanping Road Project - China
- Underground Tunnel Project Passing through Taiyuan Railway Station -China
TECHNICAL INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
- Semi-continuous Advance for single shield TBMs using Centre of Thrust technology - UK
- Shield Tunnel Of Super-Large Section Embedded In Soft-Hard Stratum At High Earthquake-Intensity -Area China
- Technology for Shallow Three-lane Extra-large-section Rectangular Pipe-jacking Tunnel - China
- Unprecedented In-Tunnel Diameter Conversion of the Largest Hard Rock TBM in the U.S. - USA
BEYOND ENGINEERING
- Multi-pipe jacking method for the construction of city-core metro station in soft soil stratum - China
- Urban Long Span Tunnel Construction Hazard Mitigation Technology and Application - China
PRODUCT/EQUIPMENT INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
- Equipping the TBM with “Ears” - Real-time Tunnel Geological Prediction System for the TBM Based on Rock-boring Seismic Source - China
- Integration of Robotics into the construction works of the Chuquicamata underground mining site - Chile
- Non-Circular Tunnel Boring in Hard Rock - Mexico
INNOVATIVE AND CONTRIBUTING UNDERGROUND SPACES
- Innovative Application of Low-carbon and Energy-saving technology to Erlangshan Tunnel on Sichuan-Tibet Expressway-A Power-generating and Self-breathing Tunnel - China
- Underground Transportation Complex in the Optics Valley Plaza - China
- V-column Space of Shenzhen Huangmugang Transportation Hub - China
YOUNG TUNNELLER OF THE YEAR
- Cláudio Cabral Dias - Portugal
- Erica Frederickson - United States of America
- Feng Huanhuan - China
- Han Chen - China
- Lorenzo Peila - Italy
- Rob Margariti Smith - United Kingdom
- Sylvia De Vuyst - Norway
The digital awards event will take place from December 5 to 7. The winners will be announced and celebrated on December, 7th 2022. Visit https://awards.ita-aites.org/. 40/22.
